Currently split time between London and Ukraine so I can't host. Sorry.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love travel, and other travellers are the next best thing to being abroad myself!

What you'll get while you're here:

Washing machine and somewhere to hang your things to dry
A sofabed, opens out to a double
Close to Clapham Junction station.
Flexibility
Somewhere to cook and a fairly decent spice cupboard
Traffic noise - cars, buses, lorries, planes, drunk people.
Excellent transport links to anywhere in the country. 45 minutes to Gatwick, an hour and a bit to Heathrow, 1.5 hours to Luton.

BRING YOUR SENSE OF HUMOUR.

When you send a request, I expect an interesting story to show you've read this far. I'll make you work for that one night stay. :)

Interests

• opera
• languages
• travel
• aerospace
• other cultures
• strategy games
• online communities

Music, Movies, and Books

Favourite music: Nixon in China. Currently obsessed with Philip Glass's Akhnaten.

Movie: Who has time?

Book: reading Mary Trump's book on how to raise a psychopath.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

December 23, 2008. Standing on the crater rim of Vesuvio. Fog all around - just me and the volcano.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: I don't know - is there something you want to learn and I have a vague idea of? Happy to blunder toward understanding it with you - it's more fun with company :D

Learn: everything. There's no topic too obscure or boring. Even bricks. Really. Where would our houses be without them?

Share: stories and experiences!

Ever gotten the wrong train and ended up in the wrong country?

Have you ventured out to find you were navigating by the sun in the other hemisphere?

Never been taken PoW by the Chinese, but shared a house once with a man who was. Not recommended.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can cook, mind my own business, and am an excellent sleeper. Cooking, sewing, ironing, crochet lessons, etc. If you need grocery or other shopping, I'll gladly pick it up for you during the day; in exchange for a sofa for a night or longer. If you have an artistic project you've been feeling a bit tired with, maybe it's something we can work on together for a while until you find your mojo (crap at drawing/painting, though!). I really enjoy hands-on artistic work - ceramics, woodworking, crochet - 3D and I'm all over it.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Czech Republic, Germany, Norway, Portugal, Ukraine, United Kingdom